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Paperback El Río de la Ceguera / The River of Blindness [Spanish] Book

ISBN: 8410496488

ISBN13: 9788410496484

El Río de la Ceguera / The River of Blindness [Spanish]

Qu ocurrir a si occidente olvidara escribir?

La nueva novela de uno de los m s grandes escritores de nuestro tiempo, Premio FIL de Literatura; Premio Cam es; Premio Nabokov; finalista Premio Booker.

«Leer a Mia Couto es escuchar una m sica acompasada y grata . --Babelia

«Couto es un artesano de una lengua cl sica, precisa y sobria . --Le Monde Diplomatique

«Recuerda a Garc a M rquez y a Achebe. --Kirkus

«El mago de las palabras --Neues Deutschland.

«Suena hace a os a Premio Nobel . --El Peri dico de Espa a

En agosto de 1914, la Primera Guerra Mundial llega a frica cuando Alemania ataca el puesto de Madziwa, una aldea fronteriza junto al r o Rovuma, en Mozambique. Sus aguas, disputadas por los ej rcitos alem n y portugu s, se convierten en el escenario de un episodio misterioso: la difusi n de una extra a enfermedad que empieza a afectar solo a los colonizadores y que los priva de la capacidad de leer y escribir. Pronto ning n invasor logra descifrar el mundo mediante la escritura, y los libros, informes, documentos, fotograf as y mapas les parecen descoloridos.

Amenazados por el poder o alem n y sometidos por la colonizaci n portuguesa, los pueblos de Mozambique encuentran refugio en aquello que es imposible de borrar: el conocimiento ancestral a trav s de la oralidad. Pero qu har n los occidentales ante esa inversi n de roles? Con la ternura y la originalidad que caracterizan a Mia Couto, El r o de la ceguera ofrece una visi n muy aguda de la memoria, la cultura y la capacidad humana de enfrentarse con esperanza a la adversidad.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

What would happen if the West forgot how to write?

A new novel by one of the greatest writers of our time, winner of the FIL Prize for Literature, the Cam es Prize, and the Nabokov Prize; Booker Prize finalist.

"Reading Mia Couto is like listening to rhythmic, pleasing music." --Babelia

"Couto is a master craftsman of a classical, precise, and understated language." --Le Monde Diplomatique

"He brings to mind Garc a M rquez and Achebe." --Kirkus

"The wizard of words" --Neues Deutschland.

"He's been a contender for the Nobel Prize for years." --El Peri dico de Espa a

In August 1914, World War I reaches Africa when Germany attacks the outpost at Madziwa, a border village on the Rovuma River in Mozambique. Its waters, contested by the German and Portuguese armies, become the scene of a mysterious episode: the spread of a strange disease that begins to affect only the colonizers and robs them of their ability to read and write. Soon, none of the invaders can make sense of the world through writing, and books, reports, documents, photographs, and maps seem faded to them.

Threatened by German might and subjugated by Portuguese colonization, the peoples of Mozambique find refuge in that which cannot be erased: ancestral knowledge passed down orally. But how will Westerners respond to this reversal of roles? With the tenderness and originality that characterize Mia Couto, The River of Blindness offers a keen insight into memory, culture, and the human capacity to face adversity with hope.

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Releases 1/19/2027

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